Spring-wheel.



J. E. RIBLLY. sRING WHEEL. l APPLIC" ;PIN FILED SEPT. 21, 1907.

923,707 Patented June 1, 1909.

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JAMES E. RIELLY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SPRING-WHEEL;

To all'whom it may concern.

- Be it known` that I, JAMES E. RIELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex'and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements in Spring-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, land exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 'in the art to which it appertains t0 vmake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, specification.

Thisnvention relates to a whe'el that has a body portion havinga felly "ereon, a rim surrounding the fell at a distane therefrom, e felly and the rim being occupied by` a spring. adaptedto be compressed-rad1ally,nso that the vehicle to which the wheel is attached rides easily, the sprin being also in engagement with ythe felly an the rlin, toV transmit torsional strain from one to the other. j I

A new feature ofthe device the s rin which'v is madeof a band of sheet meta an with'raised portions to iit indentations in the felly and rim, straight portions is the shape of of the spring beingV adapted to bear the-torf the/tongues 17 sional strain and also to action of the wheel.

A furthernovel construction embodied in the wheel is a body portionl formed of a disk with an annular ringisecuredtheret to f 'rm the felly, and a rimto envelop the ell and Vextend to,A and bear on, the disk, but having a sliding relation therewith.

The invention is illustrated'in the accompanying drawings, in which:

takel the spring Figure 1 is a view of a quarter of a Wheel.

with the felly and Arim in section. Fig. 2 is a sectionfon line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the outer edge of the disk of the wheel.

Thewheel com rises a disk 10 which is secured between blldcks 11, and these in turn rtre between a flange 12 of the hub 13 and the ilange14 of the sleeve 15. The hub 13 re-I i volves on the axle 16 through .the medium of preferably' an .of the well known bearings, rol er bearings. `The disk 10 is radially slit at intervals on its periphery to form tongues 17, which are bent down alternately on oppositesides as in Fi 3, to form a circular supportI for the fell-lia Specication of Letters Patent. application med september 21, 1907.

which forma part of this I .pring nd'.18 which is secured to4 ivets 19. Bearing on the 'l Patented June' 1, isos. seriai No; 393,819.

y lar rim band 24 lies lbetween the side plates 20 and supports the tire. -The felly and rim with the side plates 20 will thus be seen to form a chamber'for the spring of the wheel.

posed to ass on the inside o tions of tli On the inner face of the rim band24 and Idisk 10, onvboth sides thereof, are the side Bolts 30 pass through the plates 20. t0 secure them together, thebolts being preferably disprojecting or f e spring, as will be seen herea ter.

the outer face of the felly-band 18 are placed 1 blocks 25, whichare preferably rnadeof hard wood, for economys sake and also onaccount of thelight weight. These blocks 25 have an enlargement 26 on block, and there' is a slight space left between the abutting enlarged ends. A spring 27 is placed-'between thefelly and rim, and 1s provded'alternately on its opposite sides with rounded projections 28` to fit in the s aces between the enlargements 26 of the b ocks 25. Between the projections 28,` the spring 27 has approximately straightjportions 29 that are substantially'concentric with the eriphery of the wheel.- When c om ression Between the felly and the rim takes projections 28 Vare spread slightl I and the major portion-of the, strain conies on these projectlons, the parts 29 takingfup the balance. f

When a torsional strain is put'uponi'the to transmit power from the felly'to e rim or vice versa, as in starting or braking, theprojections-28 are forced in between the enlargements 26 te bind tighter andthe portions' 29 of the s ring 27 receive a lon .tudinal strain, an the lmore strain t e tighter the projections 28 are wedged in their res ective o enings.

he'who e wheel is preferably made4 of metal except the block 25 are apparent.

Having thus describ 1. A springwheel having a fell anda rim with a s acc between them, t e opposed faces of t e felly and the rim having spaces for the reception of parts of a spring, and a `s ring :made of a continuous strip of metal, the strip having its major portion substantially central of the space and approximately ed my invention what p ace the and the tirefand f the stability and compactness ofthe wheel Qbetween the si concentric withv the periphery of the wheel,

the spring having projections at intervals to` enter the spaces.

2. A spring wheel com` rising a hub, a disk secured theretofa felly and secured to the peri heryof the disk, side plates to inclose the elly and a ortion ofthe disk, a rim band se lates and surroundin the felly band at a placed on the opposite faces of the bands and disposed to have openings between ,the adjacent bloc'ks, and a spring concentric to the .bands and being bent to form projections to fit in the openings between the blocks.

3. A spring wheel com rising a hub, a disk secured thereto, the dis being slitted and istance' therefrom, b ocks then bent over to form tongues on both sides' thereof, a felly band secured to the tongues, a pair ofside plates to inclose the felly and a portion of the disk, a rim band between the side plates, bolts passing through the side plates, and a spring between the felly band and the rim band, contacting with the bands and held against torsional movement.

AIn testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of August, 1907.

JAMES E. RIELLY 1 Witnesses AzRo BLAKE, WrNoNA BLAKE 

